Group of unidentified Unangan individuals posing with a Russian Christmas Star on an Unalaska beach. One person is standing on the stones that support the Christmas Star and appears to be taller.
Four native men in two skin boats, probably Aleut men (Unangan), paddle up to another ship (note rigging in upper right corner. Both kayaks are of the three seat versions and both have a harpoon attached to the right front of the bidarka.
Title taken from caption. According to May, Father Kochergin was one of only two Aleut (Unangan) priests serving the Russian Orthodox Church. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Title is based on caption in Thomas W. Benham's handwriting. View of a barabara, a traditional Unangan semi-subterranean sod house, in Unalaska. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
Photographer's notes: Teachers with refugee group at Kasaan. Ralph and Ruby McGee?, Atka teachers, standing on porch at Killisnoo (identified by Dean Kohlhoff, Valparaiso University, Indiana). Photographer's number 898-149.
Ward Lake Evacuation Camp sign and children. Sign in image: "Ward Lake Evacuation Camp - United States Department of the Interior - Alaska Indian Service" Photographer's number 898.371.
Photographer's notes: Killisnoo. Nick Prokopeuff. Born at Attu. Evacuated from Atka in Navy bomber which led to his remark "Now I know how it feels to be a duck." Was considered the village wit.